Apparatus for assembling and gluing up table-tops and cores for veneered work.



O. O. PEI-TS. .AP PARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING AND GLUING UP TABLE TOPS AND OOH-ES FOB. VENEEBED WORK. APPLICATION FILED I'EB.1.1908.

926,180, Patented Ji11129,1909.

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O. O. FELTS. APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING AND GLUING UP TABLE TOPS AND GORES FOR VENEERED WORK.

APPLICATION IILI'ID PEB.1,1908.

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O. 0. FELTS. APPARATUS FOR ASSBMBLING AND GLUING UP TABLE TOPS AND GORES FOR VENEERED WORK. APPLICATION FILED I'BB.1,19.08.

926, 1 80. Patented June 29, 1909.

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ORANGE ORLANDO FELTS, OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN T. TOWSLEY, OF OINGlNNAlI, 01:110.

APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING AND GLUING UP TABLE-TOPS AND GORES FOR VENEERED WORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Application filed February 1, 1908. Serial No. 413,888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ORANGE Onnanoo FnL'rs, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Albany, in the county of 5 Floyd and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Assembling and Gluing Up Table-Tops and Cores for Veneered \Vork, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wood working, and some of the objects of my improvements are, economy of labor, time, and space, simplicity of construction and operation, and to reduce the first cost of the apparatus. These objects I attain by means of apparatus resembling that illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whi ch Figure 1 is a plan view of the apparatus; Fig. 2, a front elevation; Fig. 3, a plan view of the clamping-table and apparatus for applying the glue to the edges of the sections of table tops and cores; Fig. i, a side elevation of a portion of the apparatus; and, Fig. 5, a front elevation of one of the clampframes with a complete core clamped and in position for setting.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

My improved apparatus is designed to be used in a suitable room of a building, having a floor 1 and a ceiling 2. A gluing-carriage 23, mounted upon tracks 1 and 5, a revolving glue-brush 6 mounted in a tank 7, a clamp stand 8 arranged along side of tracks 4 and 5, a series of clamp-frames 9 suspended from ceiling 2 by means of trolleys 10, and an endless track 11, constitute the main features of my improved apparatus. The gluing-carriage 3 comprises a U shaped frame 12, closed at the right-hand end, and without a bottom. Its sides are provided with grooved wheels 13, adapting the frame to run on the tracks 4 and 5. A movable flat clamping-bar 1a 45 is joined to the near side of frame 12 by means of pivoted bars 15 and 16. A handle 17 is mounted on bar 1 1, preferably at the free end of bar 15. By means of bars 15 and 16, bar 1 1 may be moved and kept in 50 parallel relation with the near side of frame 12, so that boards 18 of the core to be glued up may be placed adjacent the far side of frame 12, and securely held together in the upright position by pushing bar 1 1 against them. The right-hand ends of boards 18, being placed against the right-hand end bar of frame 12, the entire lot of boards for a core may be pushed forward by pushing frame 12 by means of handle 17. Tracks 1 and 5 are mounted upon legs 19 and are joined together in parallel relation with each other by means of rods 20, which the same time form a grille bottom between the tracks. The entire track frame with its legs 19 is so arranged, with the legs in sockets 21, that it may be raised from the sockets and set aside whenever access to other parts of the apparatus is required. It will be understood that when boards 18 are placed in frame 12, their lower edges rest upon rods 20. Rods 20 may be covered with rollers if it is desired that the boards 18 move more freely. The cylindrical glue-brush 6 mounted in its tank '7 is placed in the path of carriage 12 and is kept revolving at a suitable speed by means of a bolt applied to pulley 22. Carriage 12 is thus adapted to carry boards 18 over brush 6, where the lower edges of the boards are thoroughly glued, and on to the lefthand end of the track. lVhen this has been reached, a pull on handle 17 withdraws bar 1 1 from the boards, thus releasing them from the frame, and the frame is drawn back, leaving the boards, to the right-hand end of the track in position to be filled again.

One operator attends to placing the boards in frame 12, and pushing them over and delivering them upon bars 20 at the lefthand end of the track. Another operator attends to assembling the boards upon the clamps which will presently be described.

The clamp-stand S is arranged parallel with the left-hand end of tracks 1 and 5. This clamp-stand is solidly built in order to stand considerable hamn'ioring upon the boards placed thereon. It is provided with legs 23 and an upper frame 24:. Above frame 21 is arranged an auxiliary movable frame 25, provided with vertically slidable posts 26, adapted to slide in frame 2 1 in such a manner as to keep frame 25 in parallel relation with frame 2 1. Sets of toggles 27 are attached by one of their ends to frame 25 and by the other to a lower bar 28 of the clamp-stand. One of the sets of toggles is operatively connected with a transverse rocking-bar 29, which extends forward underneath the track-stand, and is provided V l l l of angles are suitably notched to receive clamps of con entio al construction. A pro -cred and number of clampnines are swung from the ceiling 2 of the room. The frames 9 are preferably rectangular. The

square bar forming the lowe= s de rectangle, is pivoted in the loii'er o die frames. Clainos ar sec red on bars 5 by means of suitable brackets in such e that they may be moved along bars to ny suitable distance from each other and ye keep them in p allel relation with each other. By t vision is made for boards he clamps hang vertically der that they may occupy little 'ooi frames 9 may be placed close tow 1 and l) Frames 9 are provided of the upper side with a vertical At the upper end of each vertical extension is a trolley 10 which is mounted upon a track 11, which in turn is secured to the ceiling 2 of the room, or to any suitable frame work provided therefor. The track 11 is preferably arranged in elliptical or other endless form, (l ig. 1) in order that the clamps may be filled at one on l, pushed along toward ie cores may be re- 'alace them at a J- L b ension.

the other end where d moved, and then returned to the starting place.

Frames 9 are provided on the upper bar with brackets 3% in which an extra clamp 36, to b placed on top of boards 18, is hung when the core is removed, in order that it may be easily accessible when needed for the next core. 33 is provided at each end with a stop 35, rigidly secured thereto and ad ted engage an edge of the end bars of frame 9, in orcer to prevent clamps 32 witi their core from swinging beyond the vertical plane it will thus be seen that clamps 32 may be placed horizontally upon frame 25, in order to assemble and clamp up the core, but when pushed off they may be SWUIlg' into the vertical position. It will be understood that on account of stops they cannot pass beyond the vertical plane, but are held in it so that they may be brought close together and a considerable number of them may occupy a small space along track 11.

The operation of the apparatus will now be understood. An operator detailed for the vorl: takes the boards arranged for a tableor a core to be veneered from a truck her receptacle and places them vertiin proper order upon bars 20 in frame 9 as shown in 3. He then )s handle 17, pushes bar A firmly boards 18, and the carriage 12 with the boards forward over brush 6 to the left-hand end of the track in front of a second operator detailed to do the assemk and clamping up. He withdraws the carriage, leaving the boards in front of the clamp-stand The operator at clamp- 8 draws one of the clamp frames 9 the clamp-stand, taking hold 0' {lie liq-handles of clamps 32 and the clamps to a horizontal position clampstand. He now depresses iand end of treadle 30 and thereof the clamp-stand into er n with the susp nded clamps 32, so that the clam s drop into the notches 111 provided therefor and are held therein. will be understood that he toggles of the clamp-stand are in 0 vertical position, they look frame L5 in the raised position, so that it is not necessary for he operator to keep his foot contii ually on treadle 30. When clamps 32 in position he takes boards 18 from the track frame before him and places them upon the clamp in the order 1re -vio ly arranged. vt hen they are all placed he screws up the clamps 32 somewhat, takes down clamp from brackets 55%, places it over boards 18 parallel with and between clamps 32 and then sets up all the clamps tight. If any of the boards are somewhat warped or bent, so that they do not lie within the common plane, the operator takes ahammer, which he has at hand, and knocks the high boards down to proper position. He now depresses the left-hand end of treadle 30, and thereby depresses frame 25, releasing the clamps. He seizes the crank-handles of the clamps and shoves the clamps, core and frame 9 away from him along track 11 toward the opposite end of the track. Another empty frame 9 is swung round into position and the operations just described are repeated.

The apparatus is preferably arranged in a suitable heated room adapted to dry the cores with reasonable rapidity. The track 11 is made of date asullicient number of frames so that when enough cores have been glued up to occupy one side of the track, those at the delivery end are sumciently set to take down. If a hand is detailed to take down the cores at the delivery end, the operation is rendered continuous and thus very rapidly and cheaply carried on. I contemplate raising and lowering the clampstand by power instead of by the treadle 30 and regard this,

sufficient length to accommoas Well as other changes in detail of construction, as within the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention so that any one skilled in the art pertaining thereto may make and use it, I claim- 1. Apparatus for gluing up table tops and cores for veneer Work and the like, comprising a glue-tank, a rotating glue-brush mounted in said glue-tank, a track, a carriage mounted on said track for receiving boards and passing them over said glue-brush to apply the glue and deliver said boards in proper order to be assembled, and an assembling and clamping-stand positioned near said track, a trolley-track suspended from the ceiling of a room, a series of trolleys to run on said trolley-track, a series of clamp-frames suspended by said trolleys, and a set of clamps on each of said clampframes.

2. In apparatus for assembling and gluing up veneer-cores and table-tops and the like, means for applying glue to all the parts of a core or table-top simultaneously, a carriage for handling said parts, an assembling and clamping stand adjacent to said carriage,.a series of assembling and clampingframes mounted on trolleys, and an overhead track for said clamping-frames to run upon, all so arranged that an operator may apply glue to all the parts of a veneercore table-top and the like simultaneously and deposit them at the hand of a second operator, the second operator may assemble said parts in clamps upon the assembling and clamping-stand and send the assembled and clamped articles forward toward a third operator who takes them down and returns the empty clamp frames on said over-head track to the second operator, and that these operations may be repeated continuously.

3. In apparatus for assembling and gluing up veneer cores and the like, a clampframe comprising vertical lateral bars, a horizontal bar pivoted in said lateral bars, clamps mounted on said horizontal bar at right angles thereto, and stops at the ends of said horizontal bar adapted to engage said vertical bars suitably to hold said clamps in a vertical plane.

4. In apparatus for assembling and gluing up veneer-cores and other Wood WOI'k,.

traveling and pivoted clamps, and a clampstand comprising a vertically movable top and means to elevate and depress said movable top.

ORANGE ORLANDO FELTS.

Witnesses:

D. B. MEDANIGI-I, MINNIE C. ROLLWAGE, 

